Dots on Faces vs Frontier Minilab
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Dots on Faces
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The App does literally what its title claims: take a picture containing faces, and it will place a brightly colored dot over each one. Which by the way, is a direct and pretty literal interpretation of a quote by the Artist himself: I will be remembered as "the artist who put dots over people's faces" Features: "Instant Artification" Snap a selfie, lose your face. Add a dot, become art. Who needs identity when you can have abstraction? Make your friends ask, 'Is this art?' and answer with a smug 'Meeh..'” "Dot Your Selfies" Because why not? Capture your essence, then cover it with a bright circle. Transform ordinary moments into confusing masterpieces. Feel sophisticated, even if it’s just a Tuesday morning. "The Art of Disguise" Why show real faces when you can hide them with a dot? Create enigmatic portraits with a single tap. Because true art is all about giving up your ego, one dot at a time. "This App Will Change Your Life" Not really. It's just another way to pass the time, to distract from the existential dread, to connect with strangers and to share pictures of your lunch. Tap, swipe, and pretend it means something. John Baldessari (1931-2020) Artist, provacateur, and the person who made text art cool. Known for merging painting, photography, and words into something that made people say, 'Is this art?' and then, 'Hell Yes, it is.' He spent over fifty years turning the mundane into the extraordinary, proving that sometimes, art is just a 'dot on a face'.
Frontier Minilab
Recreate the classic film lab aesthetic on your iPhone. Apply authentic presets, fine-tune colors with CMYK controls, and batch edit entire rolls of film. Experience instant, lag-free edits with haptic feedback.
- Authentic film lab presets
- CMYK color control
- Batch editing
- GPU-accelerated Metal rendering
- Custom haptic feedback
- Film borders and contact sheets
- Google Drive export
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Frontier brings the film lab to your iPhone. The Frontier scanner has defined the film lab look for decades. Warm highlights. Smooth rolloff. Colors that feel right instead of processed. We studied thousands of Frontier scans. Built that look into three presets. Supra — Daylight warmth. Superia soul, Portra glow. Chrome — Tungsten cinema. Fujichrome punch, Kodachrome mood. XXX — Contrast and grain. Double-X grit, Tri-X punch. That's it. Metal fast. Runs on Apple's Metal framework. GPU-accelerated shaders render your edits in milliseconds. Drag a slider, see it instantly. No lag. No waiting. Batch editing. Edit up to 36 frames at once. Lock your settings, swipe through your roll, apply to the batch. Like a real lab. Feel every adjustment. 30+ custom haptics. Every tap, every slider tick, every preset has its own feel. CMYK color control. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Density. Adjust like a lab tech. Film borders. 14 authentic borders. Each preset has its own. Contact sheets. Auto-generated proof sheets. Perfect for carousels or archiving. Google Drive export. Export direct. Browse folders. Stay organized. Try free for 7 days. Then $3.99/month or $12.99/year. Terms of Use: https://frontierminilab.com/terms/ Privacy Policy: https://frontierminilab.com/privacy/
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: Dots on Faces at none against Frontier Minilab's 2. Dots on Faces also leads on update cadence (every 2 days vs weekly). On price, ads, device support and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Frontier Minilab sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $3.99 per month. Dots on Faces asks for nothing beyond the download.
Dots on Faces ships an update every 2 days, Frontier Minilab weekly. The most recent releases landed on October 25, 2026 and October 24, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Dots on Faces | Frontier Minilab |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | — | 5.0 (2 ratings) — better |
| Number of ratings | — | 2 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 2 days — better | Weekly |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | — | Free with in-app purchases |
| Devices | iPhone | iPhone, iPad — better |
| Requires iOS | 16.0 — better | 17.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 1 MB | 37 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Imaginary Institute s.r.l. | elliot Hasse |
In-app purchases
Dots on Faces
No in-app purchases
Frontier Minilab
- Monthly7 Days trial$3.991 Month
- Yearly7 Days trial$12.991 Year









